20815235Creative Photography
Course Information
Description
This course reviews and expands digital camera basics, Lightroom and Photoshop editing technique. Expression through photography as a fine art is developed through a series of problems stressing, personal vision and mastery of the photographic media. Students provide their own digital cameras.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Create photographs using the DSLR or Mirrorless cameras
    Assessment Strategies
    Photos
    Criteria
    Use basic functions of the DSLR or Mirrorless cameras
    Demonstrate effects of F-Stop on depth of field
    Demonstrate the effects of shutter speed on photographs
    Demonstrate camera settings for photographing: landscape, close-up and stop/blur motion photographs

  2. Apply lighting, metering, and exposure techniques to “High Dynamic Range” photographs
    Assessment Strategies
    Photos
    Criteria
    Describe the role of metering and exposure in photography
    Demonstrate manual exposure control and meter reading by showing three photographs of bracketing exposures, (0, -1 and +1)
    Implement histogram and exposure in Lightroom and photoshop by using the HDR photo merge

  3. Use the digital workflow process: capture, digital access management, image manipulation, digital output
    Assessment Strategies
    Photos, Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Demonstrate file management in Lightroom Library module or/and Adobe Bridge
    Apply editing in Lightroom develop module or/and Photoshop Camera Raw
    Demonstrate photoshop layer masking techniques
    Create a digital output – print

  4. Apply principles of composition to photographs
    Assessment Strategies
    Photos
    Criteria
    Apply the composition rule to photographs
    Photographs show application of The Rule of Third and ‘headroom” composition rules
    Apply at least two elements, line and patten, etc. in photographs

  5. Apply studio lighting techniques to portraits
    Assessment Strategies
    Photos
    Criteria
    Apply 3-light set-up lighting techniques (key light, fill light, back light)
    Demonstrate three portrait lighting setups
    Produce three different portrait lighting patterns images

  6. Create a personal project that photographs portraying personal intent and expression
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Photos
    Criteria
    Written project proposal identifies your intent
    Written project proposal follows guidelines specified by the instructor
    Apply the digital workflow process
    Eight to ten images show personal artistic expression and/or tell a story
    Eight to ten RGB color images or grayscale images are printed successfully

  7. Implement photography studio safety guidelines and computer lab etiquette practices
    Assessment Strategies
    Test, Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Meet minimum score on lab training test
    You follow etiquette rules for shared computers and printers
    You effectively handle and store photography lighting equipment
    You use shared lab time efficiently

  8. Practice critical thinking skills
    Assessment Strategies
    Written product and/or verbal critique
    Criteria
    Offer constructive critiques (feedback) of your own work and the work of classmates, per instructor guidelines
    Write or speak about aspects that are working well and what can be improved
    Evaluate using guidelines specified by the instructor
    Make decisions about project quality

  9. Practice time management skills
    Assessment Strategies
    Self Assessment
    Criteria
    Implement strategies to assist with managing and meeting deadlines
    Apply techniques to effectively manage stress
    Practice workplace etiquette during time management
    Self-assess